Vern Cotter has named the Scotland team to take on USA in Leeds this weekend, in their second outing of the Rugby World Cup.

There are 10 changes to the side that beat Japan on Wednesday. The five remaining faces from that starting XV are fly-half Finn Russell, centre Mark Bennett, fullback Stuart Hogg, lock Grant Gilchrist and openside John Hardie.

Josh Strauss makes his first start for his adopted country, while Henry Pyrgos captains the side from scrum-half.

Cotter said: “We said from the start that we’d need the whole group of 31 players for this campaign.

“We’ve known this schedule for a long time and have tried to keep continuity in selection, while also introducing fresh legs to what will be another very physical challenge this Sunday.”

SCOTLAND TEAM TO PLAY USA

Stuart Hogg, Sean Maitland, Mark Bennett, Peter Horne, Tim Visser, Finn Russell, HenryPyrgos (c); Ryan Grant, Fraser Brown, Jon Welsh, Richie Gray, Grant Gilchrist, Alasdair Strokosch, John Hardie, Josh Strauss.

Replacements: Ross Ford, Alasdair Dickinson, Willem Nel, Tim Swinson, Ryan Wilson, Greig Laidlaw, Duncan Weir, Matt Scott.

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